Fishing for Development

This publication highlights the main conclusions of the Fishing for Development joint
meeting, held in Paris in April 2014. The meeting was organized by the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD) and the World Bank (WB) to initiate a dialogue between the
fisheries and development policy communities from member and partner countries and
organizations of the OECD. It brought together delegates to the OECD Fisheries Committee
and OECD Development Assistance Committee, representatives of partner developing countries
invited by FAO, as well as experts and representatives from FAO, WB, non-governmental
organizations and regional organizations. The meeting focused on issues central to
promoting sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in developing, emerging and developed
countries alike.This publication also includes the background papers originally prepared
to provide context for the issues addressed. It identifies questions for a future
work agenda on policy coherence in fisheries and aquaculture, and makes evident the
strong need for further dialogue between the fisheries and development communities
at global and regional scales.